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1、a great many people, when they speak of home, tend to associate it with a certai n atmosphere, certain physical surroundings, and certain emotional attitudes within t hemselves. this sentimentality toward home is something that has come down to u s from the past. many modern people do not have it, a

2、nd i think it is a good thin g that they do not.許多人在談到家的時(shí)候往往將它和某種氣範(fàn)，某種環(huán)境及內(nèi)心的某些情 感態(tài)度聯(lián)系在一起這種對(duì)家的依戀情感古己有之，代代相傳許多現(xiàn)代人不再有了，我認(rèn)為這 是件好事.in the old days life was difficult. enemies could attack you and kill or rob you, and you had little protection against them. people did not live in well-built houses whe re

3、doors could be locked. they did not have the protection of an organized police force or telephones which could summ on the police instantly. how did this in flue nc e the way people felt about home? small family groups clung tightly together for pr otection against beasts and against other men. only

4、 the bravest went beyond the small family area even in the middle ages only the most daring went to lands bey ond sea the human pursuit of security conditioned men to love their homes i am sure that this feeling must have been very strong among the early settlers of the united states who were oblige

5、d, by famine and oppression, to take the plunge and go to the new land where they knew no one and where they were subject to indi an attack. we can see this even today in the attitudes of minority groups who, bee ause of a feeling of insecurity, still preserve cohesive family ties在遙遠(yuǎn)白勺過去， 人彳門 生活十分艱難

6、.敵人可能會(huì)攻擊你，殺害你或搶動(dòng)你的財(cái)富，而你卻毫無(wú)還手之力.人們并 不住在可以鎖門閉戶的構(gòu)造堅(jiān)固的房子里.他們沒有一支有組織的警察隊(duì)伍的保護(hù)，也不能 隨時(shí)打電話報(bào)警.這些怎樣影響人們對(duì)于家的感悄呢？小小家庭的成員緊密團(tuán)結(jié)，聚在一起, 共同抵御野獸和敵人.只有最勇敢的人才離開小小的家族管轄區(qū).甚至在中壯紀(jì)也只有最勇 敢的人才敢涉足海外.人類對(duì)安全的追求決定了人們對(duì)家的熱愛.我相信，美國(guó)的早期定居 者對(duì)此一定深有感觸他們被饑莞壓迫得走投無(wú)路，只好毅然決定冒險(xiǎn)來(lái)到這個(gè)舉目元親.易 愛卬第安人攻擊的陌生的地方甚至今天，我們從少數(shù)民族團(tuán)體的態(tài)度也可以看出這一點(diǎn).由 于缺乏安全感，他們?nèi)匀槐３种挥心?/p>

7、力的家庭紐帶.today, thanks to modern transportation and well-organized societies, thousands of people willingly and eagerly leave the surroundings where they were born, and the ofte ner they do so, the less sentime nt they are likely to have for those surroundi n gs. i lived in england for three years, an

8、d i noticed that boys and girls left their p arents5 homes and lived in dwellings of their own. there they could just telephone and ask an agency to provide them with a house or an apartment, which was their home. how has the meaning of this word home been altered by such activity? w hat does home m

9、ean to those people or to families who often move about, living i n first one hotel and then another? i believe that for them home means a place w here they can have privacy.今天，由于有了現(xiàn)代交通和纟fl織良好的社會(huì)，成t上萬(wàn)的人 們?cè)敢獠ⅰ?渴望離開他們出生的環(huán)境.而且，他們離家外出越頻繁，對(duì)出生的環(huán)境的情感就 可能越少.我曾經(jīng)在英國(guó)，他們只需拿起電話，要求一家房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)銷處提供一幢房子或一個(gè) 套間，那就是他們的家了.家這

10、個(gè)詞的意義是如何被這種行為改變的呢？家對(duì)于那些經(jīng)常流 動(dòng)，從一家旅館到另一家旅館居住的人們或家庭成員又意味著什么呢？我認(rèn)為，家對(duì)他們來(lái)說是一個(gè)離群獨(dú)外不受t擾的地方.this idea of home as being a place of privacy is emerging in my country, saudi a rabia, where the young are abandoning their parents5 homes to live their own life. as for me, the atmosphere and surroundings of the pla

11、ce where my parents live h ave no sentimental attachment. home is where i can shut the door and be by mys elf. at the moment itis a room in eaton hall.when i leftmyparents several years ago, i was anxiousto leave you might callit unfeeling,butthat was the way ifelt. on the day of my departure for th

12、e united states, my grandmother sobbed an d wept. my father, however, indicated that heunderstoodhowi felt. “sorv' he said,“i am not sorry thatyou are leaving us. i only hope thatyoumake the most of your time.在我的國(guó)家沙特陳拉伯，年輕人放棄父母的家去過他們口己的生活.這種把家作 為私人獨(dú)處這地的看法正在我的國(guó)家形成.我對(duì)父母居住z地的氣氛，環(huán)境沒有眷戀的情 感.家就是一個(gè)我能關(guān)起

13、門來(lái)獨(dú)處的地方.現(xiàn)在我的家就是伊登宿舍的一個(gè)房間.兒年前當(dāng) 我離開父母時(shí)，我沒有戀戀不舍，巴不得快快離開.你也許會(huì)覺得這是無(wú)情無(wú)義，然而那確 實(shí)是我的感受.我離家去美國(guó)尋衛(wèi)，祖母嗚咽，淚流不止.但我的父親卻表時(shí)他能理解我的 心情.”孩子”他說”我對(duì)于你的離去并覺得悲傷.我只希望你能充分利用吋間”family lifejane brown has been maried for 12 years.she has three children and lives in a s uburb outside columbus3ohio.when her youngest child reached s

14、hool age,jane dec ided to to back to work.she thought that she should contribute to the household fin ances.her salary could make a d if fere nee between a finan cial struggle and a secur e financial situation for her family.jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted t

15、o be more involved in life outside her home.jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation,but she arranged for t hem to go to stay with a woman nearby after school each after noon .they seemed to be happy with the arrangement.the problem seemed to be between jane and h e

16、r husband bill.when jane was at home all day,she was able to clean the house, go grocery shopping ,wash the clothes,take care of the children and cook two or t hree meals each day.she was very busy,of course3but she succeeded in getting ev erything done.now the same things need to be done,but jane h

17、as only evenings a nd early mornings to do them.both jane and bill are tired when they arive home a t 6p.m.bill is accustomed to sitting down and reading a paper of watching tv until dinners is ready .this is exactly what jane feels like doin g,but some one has to fi x dinner and bill expects it to

18、be jane.jane is becoming very angry at bill;s feels that everything should be the same as it was before jane went back to work（參考譯文）家庭生活簡(jiǎn)布朗已經(jīng)結(jié)婚2年了。她有三個(gè)孩子，住在俄亥俄州州府哥倫布市郊。最小的孩子夠上 學(xué)年齡時(shí)，她決定返回工作崗位。她想她應(yīng)該為家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)做出貢獻(xiàn)。她的薪水可能改變家庭 經(jīng)濟(jì)拮據(jù)、節(jié)衣縮食這種困境，使家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況趨于穩(wěn)定。簡(jiǎn)対她的家庭主婦的角色也感到 極度厭倦、非常失望了，因此渴望更多地參與到家庭以外的社會(huì)生活屮去。簡(jiǎn)擔(dān)心她的孩了 們

19、適應(yīng)不了這種新的變化，于是做出安排，讓孩了們每天下午放學(xué)后去跟鄰近一位婦女在一 起。孩了們似乎對(duì)這樣的安排很滿意。問題好像在于簡(jiǎn)和她的丈夫比爾z間。以前簡(jiǎn)整天在 家的時(shí)候，她清掃屋子，去百貨店購(gòu)物，清洗衣服，照料孩子，每天煮兩三頓飯，樣樣事情 都能干。不用說，她忙個(gè)不停，但她把家務(wù)活都干好了?，F(xiàn)在，一樣的家務(wù)需要人做，可是 簡(jiǎn)只冇在傍晚和早晨才能做家務(wù)。簡(jiǎn)和比爾下午六點(diǎn)回到家里，兩人都覺得勞累了。比爾習(xí) 慣于處下來(lái)看報(bào)或看電視，直到晩餐做好為止。這恰恰也是簡(jiǎn)希望做的事。但總得有人準(zhǔn)備 晩餐。比爾盼望這個(gè)人是簡(jiǎn)。簡(jiǎn)対比爾的態(tài)度很生氣。她覺得他們兩人應(yīng)該共同分擔(dān)家務(wù), 但比爾認(rèn)為-切應(yīng)該照舊，就像

20、簡(jiǎn)重返工作崗位以麗那樣my mother is a kind and gentle woman. she is very busy from morning till night. as a teacher she works diligently and efficiently. as mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort i have an elder brother. he and i both love her dearly, as she loves us.my mother has been tea

21、ching maths at a middle school in my home town. she goes to the school early in the morning and does n ot return home until late in the after noon. she loves her students , cares for them. she treats them with patienee and teaches them well for her excellent qualities and very good teaching results,

22、 she is always praised and respected by both her students and colleagues alike and she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several times.my mother is a thrifty and industrious woman. she never buys expensive or fancy dresses for herself; she goes occasionally to buy some inexpensive and hi

23、gh-quality clothes for us. she never goes to luxurious restaurants to have expensive meals. she merely eats a humble meal outside when she is too busy she lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints. as soon as she comes back from school, she sets about doing housework: sweeping the living

24、room and bedreooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. besides, she prepares nice dishes for us to eat. she seems to be on the go all the time as she has been very busy working hard every day, she looks older than she really is. her face is wrinkled, and her hair has tur

25、ned silver white but she looks as cheerful and happy as ever.often she says to us, '"work while you work, and play while you play. that is the way to be happy and gay if you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society/' what a piece of good advice this is! i never forget

26、it and always bear it in my mind this advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my action. my mother is great indeed, and i always feel proud of her。my mother's gifti grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk fro m my house and in an age , not so long ago , w

27、hen children could go home for i unch and find their mothers waiting.at the time, i did not consider this a luxury, although today it certainly would be. i took it for granted that mothers were the sandwich-makers, the finger-painting app reciators and the homework monitors i never questioned that t

28、his ambitious, intellig ent woman, who had had a career before i was born and would eventually return t o a career, would spend almost every lunch hour throughout my elementary school years just with me.i only knew that when the noon bell rang, i would race breathlessly home my mot her would be stan

29、ding at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me with a look that suggested i was the only important thing she had on her mind for this, i am for ever grateful.some sounds bring it all back: the highpitched squeal of my mother's teakettle, the rumble of the washing machine in the basement and t

30、he jangle of my dog's licen se tags as she bounded down the stairs to greet me. our time together seemed d evoid of the gerrymandered schedules that now pervade my lifeone lunchtime when i was in the third grade will stay with me always i had been picked to be the princess in the school play, an

31、d for weeks my mother had pains takingly rehearsed my lines with me. but no matter how easily i delivered them at home, as soon as i stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head finally, my teacher took me aside she explained that she had written a narrator's part to the play, and asked

32、me to switch roles. her word, kindly delivered, still stu ng, especially when i saw my part go to another girl.i didn't tell my mother what had happened when i went home for lunch that day. but she sensed my unease, and instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she a sked if i wanted to walk i

33、n the yard.it was a lovely spring day and the rose vine on the trellis was turning green. unde r the huge elm trees, we could see yellow dandelions popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our iandscape with dabs of goldwatched my mother casually bend down by one of the clum

34、ps ”1 think i'm going to dig up all these weeds, hshe said, yanking a blossom up by its roots”from now on, well have only roses in this garden. ”“but i like dan delions, h i protested ” all flowers are beautiful-even dan delio ns. nmy mother looked at me seriously. "yes, every flower gives

35、pleasure in its own way, d oesn't it?'1 she asked thoughtfully. i nodded, pleased that i had won her over. “and that is true of people too, h she added. nnot every one can be a princess, but the re is no shame in that.relieved that she had guessed my pain, i started to cry as i told her what

36、 had ha ppened. she listened and smiled reassuringly.“but you will be a beautiful narrator, n she said , reminding me of how much i lov ed to read stories aloud to her hthe narrator's part is every bit as important as t he part of a princess”over the next few weeks, with her constant encourageme

37、nt, i learned to take pride in the role. lunchtimes were spent reading over my lines and talking abut what i would wear.backstage the night of the performance, i felt nervous a few minutes before the pl ay, my teacher came over to me. ”your mother asked me to give this to you, " sh e said, hand

38、ing me a dandelion. its edges were already beginning to curl and it flo pped lazily from its stem but just looking at it, knowing my mother was out there and thinking of our lunchtime talk, made me proud .after the play , i took home the flower i had stuffed in the apron of my costume my mother pres

39、sed it between two sheets of paper toweling in a dictionary 3 laug hing as she did it that we were perhaps the only people who would press such a sorry-looking weed .i often look back on our lunchtimes together , bathed in the soft midday light . th ey were the commas in my childhood , the pauses th

40、at told me life is not savored in premeasured increment , but in the sum of daily rituals and small pleasures we casually share with loved ones . over peanut-butter sandwiches and chocolate-chi p cookies 、 i learned that love , first and foremost , means being there for the littl e things .a few mon

41、ths ago , my mother came to visit , i took off a day from work and tre ated her to lunch. the restaurant bustled with noon time activity as businesspeople made deals and glanced at their watches in the middle of all this sat my mother,now retired , and i . from her face i could see that she relished

42、 the pace of th e work world .hmom , you must have been terribly bored staying at home when i was a child , ki said .'bored? housework is boring . but you were never boring . ni didn't believe her , so i pressedsurely children are not as stimulating as a ca reer. 11ha career is stimulating ,

43、 h she said 'tm glad i had one but a career is like an open balloon. it remains inflated only as long as you keep pumping . a child is a seed you water it you care for it the best you can and then it grows all by itself into a beautiful flower ”just then , looking at her , i could picture us sit

44、ting at her kitchen table once agai n , and i understood why i kept that flaky brown dandelion in our old family dictio nary pressed between two crumpled bits of paper towel.母親的禮物我是在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上長(zhǎng)大的，從鎮(zhèn)上的小學(xué)校到我家，只需步行10分鐘。離當(dāng)前不算太太 久遠(yuǎn)的那個(gè)時(shí)代，小學(xué)生可以回家吃午飯，而他們的母親，則會(huì)老早在家等候著。 這一切對(duì)如今的孩子來(lái)說，無(wú)疑是一種奢望了，可是那時(shí)的我，卻并不以為然。我覺得做 母親的給

45、她的孩子制作三明治，鑒賞指畫，檢杏他們的家庭作業(yè)，都是理所當(dāng)然的事。我從 來(lái)沒有想過：像我母親這樣一個(gè)頗有抱負(fù)又很聰明的女人，在我降生z前，她有一份丄作, 而且后來(lái)她又謀了份差事，可是，在我上小學(xué)那幾年，她卻幾乎天天陪著我吃午飯，一同打 發(fā)午餐時(shí)的每一分鐘。只記得，每當(dāng)午時(shí)鈴聲i響，我就一口氣地往家里跑。母親總是站在門前臺(tái)階的最高層，笑 盈盈地望著我-那神情分明表示：我便是母親心目屮唯一最重要的東西了。為此，我一輩了 都要感謝我的母親。如今，每當(dāng)我聽到一些聲音，像母親那把茶歳水開時(shí)發(fā)出的尖叫聲，地卜-室洗衣機(jī)的隆隆聲, 還有，我那條狗蹦下臺(tái)階沖我搖頭擺尾時(shí)它脖子上那牌照發(fā)出的撞擊聲，便會(huì)勾起我

46、對(duì)往 事的冋憶。和母親在一起的歲月，全然沒有充斥于我的生活屮的、事先排定的虛情假意的li 程表。我永遠(yuǎn)忘不了在我上三年級(jí)時(shí)的那一頓午飯。在那天之前，我被學(xué)校選中，要在一個(gè) 即將演出的小劇屮扮演公主的角色。一連好幾個(gè)禮拜，母親總是不辭辛勞地陪著我，一起背 誦臺(tái)詞?？墒牵还茉诩依镌趺幢车脻L瓜爛熟，只要一上舞臺(tái)，我的腦了里就成了一片空白。 終于，老師把我叫到了一邊。她說劇中旁白這個(gè)角色的臺(tái)詞已寫好了，想把我替換下來(lái)當(dāng)旁 白。盡管老師這些話說得和和氣氣，可還是刺痛了我的心，特別是當(dāng)我發(fā)覺自己扮演的公主 角色讓另外一個(gè)女孩頂替時(shí)，更是如此。那天冋家吃午飯時(shí)我沒有把這事告訴母親。然而, 母親見我心神不定

47、，因此沒冇再提練習(xí)背臺(tái)詞的事兒，而是問我愿意不愿意到院了里散散步。 那真是一個(gè)可愛的春日，棚架上蕎薇的藤蔓正在轉(zhuǎn)青。在一些髙大的榆樹下而，我們可以看 到，一叢叢黃色的蒲公英冒出草坪，仿佛是一位畫家為了給眼前的美景增色而著意加上的點(diǎn) 點(diǎn)金色。我看到母親在-簇花叢旁漫不經(jīng)心地彎下身來(lái)?！蔽铱吹冒堰@些野草都撥了，”她說 著，一邊使勁把一從蒲公英連根撥岀?！蓖笤圻@園子里只讓長(zhǎng)薔薇花?！?j是我喜歡蒲公 英，”我不滿地說，”凡是花都好看“蒲公英也不例外?！蹦赣H嚴(yán)肅地看著我?！编蓿@么說，每朵花都自有它令人賞心悅目的地方嘍？ “她若有所思地 問道。我點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，總算說服了母親，這使我很得意'可是人

48、也一樣呀，”母親接著乂發(fā)話, ”不見得人人都能當(dāng)公主，但當(dāng)不了公主并不丟臉?！蹦赣H猜到了我的苦惱，這使我的情緒安 定下來(lái)。我哭了起來(lái)，把事情的經(jīng)過講給母親聽。母親專注地聽著，臉上帶著安詳?shù)奈⑿Α?”但你會(huì)成為一名頂呱呱的解說員，”母親乂說。她說平常我是多么喜歡朗誦故事給她聽，還 說”從哪方面看，旁白這個(gè)角色都和公主那個(gè)角色一樣重要”。往示的幾個(gè)星期，在母親的一 再鼓勵(lì)下，我漸漸地以擔(dān)任旁白的角色感到驕傲。利用午飯時(shí)間，我們又一起念臺(tái)詞，議論 到時(shí)候我該穿什么樣的演出服裝。到了演出那個(gè)晚上，當(dāng)我登上后臺(tái)，心里還感到緊張。離演出還有兒分鐘的時(shí)候，老師朝我 走了過來(lái)?！蹦隳赣H讓我把這個(gè)交給你，”說著

49、她遞過來(lái)了一朵蒲公英。那花兒四周已開始打 蔦，花瓣兒從梗上向下有氣無(wú)力地奩拉著?？墒?，只要看一眼，知道母親就在外面呆著，i叫 想起和母親用午飯時(shí)說的那些話，我就感到胸有成竹。演出結(jié)束示，我把塞在演出服國(guó)裙電 的那朵蒲公英拿回了家。母親將花接了過去，用兩張紙山將它壓平，夾在了一本字典里。她 一邊忙碌著，一邊笑，想到也許只有我們倆會(huì)珍藏這么一朵打了驚的野草花。我常?；叵肫?和母親在一起度過的那些沐浴在和煦陽(yáng)光之中的午餐時(shí)光。它們是我孩提時(shí)代的一個(gè)個(gè)小插 曲，告訴我一個(gè)道理：人生的滋味，就在于和我們所愛的人在一起不經(jīng)意地共度的h常生活、 分享的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴的歡樂，而不在于某種事先測(cè)量好的”添加劑”。在享

50、用母親做的花生醬、三 明治和巧克力碎末小甜餅的時(shí)候，我懂得了，愛就體現(xiàn)在這些細(xì)微這處。兒個(gè)月前，母親乂來(lái)看我。我特意請(qǐng)了天假，陪母親吃午飯。中午，飯館里熙熙壤攘，做生 意的人忙不迭地從事交易活動(dòng)，他們不時(shí)地看看手表。如今已經(jīng)退休的母親和我就坐在這群 人中間。從母親的表情中，我看得出，母親打心眼里喜歡上班族這種生活的節(jié)奏?！眿?，我 小的時(shí)候，您老呆在家里一定覺得很煩吧？ “我說?！睙孔黾覄?wù)是令人心煩，不過，你從來(lái) 沒使我感到心煩過?！蔽也幌嘈胚@是實(shí)話，于是我又想法子套她的話?！笨春⒆幽臅?huì)像t作那 樣富有刺激性呢？ “”工作是富有刺激性的，”母親答道，”很高興我也有過工作?？墒枪ぷ骱?比開了口的

51、氣球，你只有不停地充氣，它才能鼓著勁。可是一個(gè)孩子就是一粒種子，你澆灌 了它，全心全意地愛護(hù)它，然后，它就會(huì)獨(dú)立白主地開出美麗的花朵來(lái)?！按藭r(shí)此刻，我凝 望著我的母親，腦海里又浮現(xiàn)出兒時(shí)的我和母親一起坐在飯桌旁的情景，也明白了為什么我 還珍藏著夾在我們家里那木i 口字典中的那朵用兩小塊皺皺巴巴的紙巾壓平的蒲公英。5： my forever valentinethe traditional holidays in our house when i was a child were spent timing elabora te meals around football games. my fa

52、ther tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat as much as he could during halftime. at christmas he found time to have a cup o r two of holiday beer and do this holly-shaped bow tie. but he didn't truly shine un til valentines dayi don't know whether it was because work at the office slowed du

53、ring february or because the football seas on was over. but vale ntines day was the time my fat her chose to show his love for the special people in his life. over the years i fond ly thought of him as my hvalentine mart.my first recollection of the magic he could bring to valentines day came when i

54、 was six. for several days i had been cutting out valentines for my classmates e ach of us was to decorate a ”mailbox” and put it on our desk for others to give u s cards that box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memorie s of my entra nee into a world of popularity con tests m

55、arked by the nu mber of card s received, the teasing of boyfriends/girlfriends and the tender care i gave to the c ard from the cutest boy in class.that morning at the breakfast table i found a card and a gift- wrapped packag e at my chair. the card was signed “l(fā)ove, dad'1, and the gift was a ri

56、ng with a sm all piece of red glass to represent my birthstone, a ruby there is little differenee b etween red glass and rubies to a child of six, and i remember wearing that ring wi th a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpassas i grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes

57、 filled with my favorit e chocolates and always in eluded a special card signed "love, dad,fn those years my "thank-yous” became more of a perfunctory response. the cards seemed less important, and i took for granted that the valentine would always be there long p ast the days of having a

58、”mailbox” on my desk, i had placed my hopes and drea ms in receiving cards and gifts from “signifiesnt others", and jove, dadh just didn't seem quite enoughif my father knew then that he had been replaced, he never let it show. if he sensed any disappointment over valentines that didn't

59、 arrive for me, he just tried th at much harder to create a positive atmosphere, giving me an extra hug and doing what he could to make my day a little brighter.my mailbox eventually had a rural address, and the job of hands delivering ca ndy and cards was relegated to the u.s postal service never in ten years was m y father's package late- nor was it on the valentines day eight years ago when i r eached into the mailbox to find a card addressed to me in my mother's handwritin g-it was the kind of card that comes i